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HELP! Misdiagnosis of conjuctivochalasis! Severe complication after AMT surgery

Hi Everyone,
I wonder if anyone could give me any advice or suggestions as we feel so helpless since this April.

My sister had Dry Eye Syndrome. Traditional treatments do not help too much. She heard about Dr. M.a.s.k.i.n so flew to Tampa this April. The doctor said she has conjuctivochalasis...

Please recommend an eye book for my kindle that can help me understand dry eye better

Hi is there an easy to read book on dry eyes that can help me understand this disease better?

Trying a combo of Xidra and doxycline

Hello. Dry eye sufferer for more than 20 years. I recently had a bad episode where I had a bacterial infection in my right eye. I took AMG and that seemed to clear it up. Then I started Xiidra and have been doing it for about 5 weeks now. The Xidra seemed to be working really well but then the...

Hello! New member with dry eyes

Hello! I came across this site whilst searching for answers for my eye issues. I believe I have 'Dry Eye' and second to that, swelling of the eyelids, with a possible diagnosis of MGD. Hope to find others with the same type of issues to learn more and see how I can manage it on my own. Lisa xx

Lumify

Hi! New member here. I suffer from clinical depression. I was recently given a sample of the product �Lumify� for dry eyes and to clear redness. It worked great on clearing the redness but, unfortunately, adversely interacted with my antidepressant medication. I was wondering if anyone has experienced...

European eye drops for MGD/evaporative dry eye - any recommendations?

I posted a similar question last year but since new eyedrops are coming out all the time I thought I would ask again.

I have tried pretty much all the over the counter eye drops available in the UK, and have bought quite a few other ones available in Europe either on the Internet or in...

My 7-year Journey to the Answer

Dear all,

I feel called to share my story as I think it can help some people. This is a message about potentially having an underlying issue behind your dry eye and causing it. So if that speaks to you, read on�.

Background:
I have suffered with dry eyes for 7 years....

Eye tearing was actually chronic gram negative bacterial infection

The gist of my story here is that I was living with tearing and eye issues for years. Doctors and Ophthalmologists diagnosed it as "dry eye".
Just had an eye swab 2 weeks ago, and it was a gram negative bacterial infection -- something that has been chronic for YEARS. And this wasn't...

I'm trying the blood in eye treatment!

I've been a dry eye sufferer for ten years now. For the first couple of years I had a hell coping. The main reason for this was that I looked at screens constantly and rarely took breaks. Today I only use screens during daytime, with breaks every 20 minutes and my eyes feel much better. I experience...

Allergies?

The question might sound dumb but Can it be possible that i might be getting dry eye and mgd due to me having a dog inside my house. My eyes feel dry all the time even when I'm not home my dry eyes didn't start until after a year of owning him so i really doubt it but i wanted some opinions...

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